Dec 18, 2010 | Gifting, News
A Michigan newspaper reports that “seven Newaygo County women have been arraigned… on felony charges in connection with a pyramid scheme targeting women.” The article states that the women are facing charges of pyramid chain promotions, which carries up to...Dec 6, 2010 | Legal, MLM, News, PSA in the Media, Pyramid Schemes, Scheme Alerts
In a feature report, a major metropolitan newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, examined the MLM scheme, Stream Energy/Ignite, focusing on the question of whether the company is operating a disguised pyramid scheme. Stream is a reseller of utility services, gas...Dec 6, 2010 | Legal, MLM, News, PSA in the Media, Pyramid Schemes, Scheme Alerts
The MLM scheme, Fortune High Tech Marketing (FHTM), is now the target of an investigation by the North Carolina Attorney Generals Office, according to an article in the Wilmington, NC-based newspaper, Star News. The article notes that this company has already been...
Dec 3, 2010 | False Profits, Humor
Government regulators and most news media turn their heads or find other diversions from the reality of a fraud epidemic on Main Street America. But some comedians, movie producers, comic strip writers, and television sit-coms are finding rich material in the mass...